tourists or journalists that go are escorted by armed guard for the whole visit... you are only allowed to see and photograph what they allow you to. It is far more impoverished than any of these photos show.

This place is so creepy. Whats crazy is you can see some of the slave camps on google earth. You have to do some research to find them. F-ing creepy place. Best is to watch the documentary were the doctor goes there to do a simple procedure to fix cataracts.... They all praise his picture after the surgery.